Finnish players in the 1997 NHL Draft

12 Finnish players were picked in the 1997 NHL Draft, two of them in the first round. Olli Jokinen went first, at number 3 to the Los Angeles Kings. Five of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

2 picks

Olli Jokinen (C)CenterNHL 1997–2014 · INACTIVE

LAK

Mika Noronen (G)GoaltenderNHL 2000–2005 · INACTIVE

BUF

Round 2

1 pick

Juha Gustafsson (D)Defenseman

PHX

Round 3

3 picks

Jani Hurme (G)GoaltenderNHL 1999–2002 · INACTIVE

OTT

Ilkka Mikkola (D)Defenseman

MTL

Ville Nieminen (L)Left wingNHL 1999–2006 · INACTIVE

COL

Round 4

1 pick

Tomi Kallarsson (D)Defenseman

NYR

Round 5

1 pick

132

Teemo Elomo (L)Left wing

DAL

Round 7

1 pick

170

Eero Somervuori (R)Right wing

TBL

Round 8

2 picks

191

Antti Laaksonen (L)Left wingNHL 1998–2006 · INACTIVE

BOS

214

Marko Kauppinen (D)Defenseman

PHI

Round 9

1 pick

235

Tommi Degerman (C)Center

ANA

The teams that drafted them

LAKLos Angeles KingsNo. 3

BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 21

PHXPhoenix CoyotesNo. 43

OTTOttawa SenatorsNo. 58

MTLMontréal CanadiensNo. 65

COLColorado AvalancheNo. 78

NYRNew York RangersNo. 93

DALDallas StarsNo. 132

TBLTampa Bay LightningNo. 170

BOSBoston BruinsNo. 191

PHIPhiladelphia FlyersNo. 214

ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 235

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.